Improved side-saddle



causa To allwhom it concern:

against Wi 1 FENWI'GK SMITH, OFAUSTIN, TEXAS.

i Letters Patent No. 105,734, am: July 2 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent end making art of the name.

Be it known that I, FENWICK Smrrn, of Adstin,

inthc county of ,Travis and State of Texas, hate invented anew and useful Improvement in Side-Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a; full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same,

reference being bad to tbeaccempanyi'n'g drawing formingpart of this specification.

i This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in side-saddlegand consists in forming the sad die-tree hollow, or with air-chambers therein, and in l the constrnctionand arrangement of partsas hereinafter described.

. In theaccompanying. drawing- Figure 1 represents a perspective view oi a sidesaddle constructed according tomy invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectionof fig. 1 on the line a; 0:, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar letters of reference: indicate corresponding parts.

hollow or with. air-chambers.- 1

@Aisthctree. i w Aand B are air-chambers on each side of the seat,

This is'a full-seated side-saddle tree, and is made the chambers being formed by springing tough pieces of wood on each sideto extend up as high as the seat is intendedtobe, andth'en putting on the'top a l 0, of suitable form,v for a comfortable seat.

D isthe back, which extends from the rear to the top of the right horn E.

F is a rest in front of thehorns.

G is the left horn.

The entire tree is made of strong, tough wood,cov-

and not liable to these objections.

This saddle maybe finished with soft leather, buck: skin, or cloth, in any manner to suit the taste.

Having thus described my invention,

-I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-' The side-saddle tree A, with the air-chambers A and B, constructed in all respects substantially as herein shown and described. FENWIGK SMITH.

, Witnesses:

M. W. Townsnnn, SAMUEL WALKER.

part of the tree, 

